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Janssen Pharmaceuticals manufactures brand name Risperdal. There are no generic Risperdal (risperidone) manufacturers.
Risperdal is an antipsychotic medication FDA approved for the treatment of schizophrenia and psychotic disorders. However, it is also used to treat other problems such as bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and manic episodes.
Risperdal is thought to work by blocking (antagonizing) dopamine and serotonin at receptor sites in the brain.
Risperdal is a newer antipsychotic which generally means less side effects then the medications typically used from the 1950s to 1980s. However, side effects such as Tardive Dyskinesia (involuntary movements, lip smacking, mask-like face, protruding tongue, dystonia, rigidity) may still be possible with the newer antipsychotics such as Risperdal. The elderly and patients using these medications for many years are most prone to Tardive Dyskinesia.
Although Risperdal may have a tranquilizing effect, Risperdal is not thought to be addictive or a commonly abused medication.
Risperdal ( risperidone ) is not a regulated controlled substance by the United States Food and Drug Administration
Risperdal usually it comes in 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg, 1 mg, 2 mg, 3 mg, 4 mg tablets and oral solution (1 mg/mL).
Initial dose should be 1 mg twice per day (or less). A realistic daily maintenance dose is 4 mg to 8 mg per day in divided doses.
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I was given this medication to replace two others I was taking (the evil twins zyprexa and celexa). I had strange things happen in about two or three days. I noticed that my mouth tasted funny and could not figure out why. I was so used to changing medications that I did not think that I had just started a new medication. Everytime I ate, brushed my teeth, or drank something my mouth just ached. I kept dabbing my tongue with tissue because the remembered that the penny taste was blood when i was a child. I never saw blood on the tissue. I was eating and a chip scratched my gums and it got very swollen. I woke up on the 2 or 3 day and that morning my mouth felt bad and my gums were swollen and tasted bloody. I looked in the mirror and it looked like I had gotten gingivitis over night. I was scared and called my mother (I was 29 living away from home). She asked if I had checked the side effects of the new medication I started a few days prior. I had not thought about it ... I went and did a little reading and the occurence is ridiculus I probably should have won the lottery first. I stopped taking it that day and the swelling went away just as fast as it had appeared. TiKi
Howdy, My 20-yr-old schizophrenic son refuses to see another doctor and insists that nothing is wrong with him. The last psychiatrist told me that the options were to get him hospitalized or to slip medication into his food; I opted for the latter. He's been on Risperdal since December 9th and is doing GREAT at 6mg/day. My question is this: when can I start tapering it back? He's presently very sweet, sociable, and is receiving job training. His only symptoms are that he doesn't move his arms at all when he walks (but this could be CAUSED by the medication) and, once or twice a day, laughs in a high-pitched tone at inappropriate moments. He's now perfectly aware that the laughter is weird and seems capable of controlling it. He's only been at 6 mg for a week (going from 1-6 mg over this six-week period). I'm figuring that if he continues this well for a month, I can start reducing the dose by a mg each week--as long as the symptoms don't reappear. He's never reached the "psychotic break" point but was about to in early December. What do you think? Would it be jumping the gun to start a dose reduction after only a month? Thanks for any input at all! Anna
Has any woman tried to become pregnant on risperidone? If so, what were their experiences?
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